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“Easy, Merc” Jonas was breathing harshly as he jerked the silken robe Ria had worn earlier from the floor and tossed it to him “Take care of your woman We have this”

Merc caught the robe, feeling his blood pounding in fury at the thought of anyone seeing Ria naked Seeing her bend over Dane, naked, her long silken hair flowing around her, he had wanted to kill Dane Rip his throat out Had Dane been conscious, Mercury wondered if he wouldn’t have done just that

He turned back to her, helping her into the robe as the tears continued to fall from her eyes

“Keep crying for that bastard and I’ to lose my mind,” he bit out, that hard, violent rasp of his voice causing her to flinch

“You’ve already lost your mind” She slapped his shoulder, hard She could have punched him in the face and he knew it The fact that she pulled back was a testament to her fear

He tied her robe around her waist gently

“Get dressed” He was fighting the surge of adrenaline now “Get enough clothes on that I don’t go crazy Do it now”

Ria stared up at hihtly as the blue burned in his eyes now, old that it was hard to tell the true color of his eyes They glowed in the savage features of his face Feral rage tightened every plane and angle and warned her that he hadn’t yet gotten control of the fury raging through him

She slid a

round hirowl of protest He was alive Bloody, but Callan and Jonas and the two Breeds surrounded hi him

Rye was battered, bloodied, his shirt nearly torn from him and his throat bruised Dane looked worse Blood matted his tawny hair, s, his nose

She glanced back at Mercury He had his back to her, his hands braced against the wall, ignoring all of it as he obviously fought to get hold of himself

What the hell had happened?

She gathered her clothes together Jeans and socks, a bulky sweater Enough clothes that he wouldn’t lose his mind, he had warned her

She slipped into the bathroom, uncertain what to think, what to feel Uncertain who or what the animal was that her lover had turned into